Frostbitten
/ˈfrɔːstbɪtn/adjective
Injured by freezing, typically because of extreme cold.
His hands were frostbitten from the icy wind.
Often appears as...
- frostbitten fingers
- frostbitten toes
adjective
Affected by cold in a metaphoric or symbolic way.
He described the setting as a frostbitten wasteland, devoid of warmth and life.
Often appears as...
- frostbitten heart
- frostbitten environment
Usage tips
Negative
Literary
adjective
Injured by freezing, typically because of extreme cold.
His hands were frostbitten from the icy wind.
Often appears as...
- frostbitten fingers
- frostbitten toes
adjective
Affected by cold in a metaphoric or symbolic way.
He described the setting as a frostbitten wasteland, devoid of warmth and life.
Often appears as...
- frostbitten heart
- frostbitten environment
Usage tips
Negative
Literary
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Harm
Use 'frostbitten' when someone's skin is damaged due to extreme cold.
The mountaineer's frostbitten toes needed medical attention.
Pro Tip 2/3Immediate Cause
Stress that the injury is directly caused by cold exposure, not another injury.
Without proper gloves, you risk having frostbitten fingers in this weather.
Pro Tip 3/3Potential Severity
'Frostbitten' suggests varying degrees of cold damage, from mild to severe.
Survivors of the blizzard showed up with partially frostbitten cheeks.
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Video examples
Andrew Skurka: Trekking...
started a heatwave when temperatures finally climbed above zero for the first time between the winds and the temperature it was just I was just way outside of my comfort zone I was kind of always focused on my immediate survival I had to make sure that my my nose didn't get frostbitten my hands and feet
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Lewis Pugh swims the...
And after just three minutes in that water, he was able to get himself out. And his hands were so badly frostbitten that he had to return to England. He went to a local hospital and there they said,
Video examples
Andrew Skurka: Trekking...
started a heatwave when temperatures finally climbed above zero for the first time between the winds and the temperature it was just I was just way outside of my comfort zone I was kind of always focused on my immediate survival I had to make sure that my my nose didn't get frostbitten my hands and feet
Video examples
Lewis Pugh swims the...
And after just three minutes in that water, he was able to get himself out. And his hands were so badly frostbitten that he had to return to England. He went to a local hospital and there they said,
Example 1 of 2
Quote examples
Andrea Barrett
American Novelist
In the story I eventually called 'Archangel' and published in 2008, Eudora MacEachern, working as an assistant to a surgeon at a hospital in Archangel, one night finds outside the gates an exhausted and frostbitten soldier crouched over the reins of a pony sleigh carrying the body of another soldier.
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Meriwether Lewis
American Explorer
The weather became so intensely cold that we sent for all the hunters who had remained out with captain Clarke's party, and they returned in the evening several of them frostbitten.
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Ben Saunders
British Explorer
What's the nastiest injury I've sustained? Just a frostbitten toe... but thankfully it's still intact.
Quote examples
Andrea Barrett
American Novelist
In the story I eventually called 'Archangel' and published in 2008, Eudora MacEachern, working as an assistant to a surgeon at a hospital in Archangel, one night finds outside the gates an exhausted and frostbitten soldier crouched over the reins of a pony sleigh carrying the body of another soldier.
Quote examples
Meriwether Lewis
American Explorer
The weather became so intensely cold that we sent for all the hunters who had remained out with captain Clarke's party, and they returned in the evening several of them frostbitten.
Quote examples
Ben Saunders
British Explorer
What's the nastiest injury I've sustained? Just a frostbitten toe... but thankfully it's still intact.
Example 1 of 3
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